The Pacific (miniseries)

The following actors played starring roles in multiple episodes and are split by the principal character they appear with. Characters from the different plot strands do occasionally interact, while Sidney Phillips serves with Leckie and is the best friend of Sledge.

• James Badge Dale as PFC. Robert Leckie (1920–2001)
• Ashton Holmes as Cpl. Sidney Phillips (1924–2015)
• Josh Helman as PFC. Lew 'Chuckler' Juergens (1918–1982)
• Keith Nobbs as PFC. Wilbur 'Runner' Conley (1921–1997)
• Jacob Pitts as PFC. Bill 'Hoosier' Smith (1922–1985)
• Toby Leonard Moore as 2ndLt. Stone
• Henry Nixon as 1stLt. Hugh Corrigan (1920–2005)
• Tom Budge as PFC. Ronnie Gibson
• Caroline Dhavernas as Vera Keller (1923–2024)
• Joseph Mazzello as Cpl. Eugene Sledge (1923–2001)
• Rami Malek as Cpl. Merriell "Snafu" Shelton (1922–1993)
• Martin McCann as Sgt. R.V. Burgin (1922–2019)
• Brendan Fletcher as PFC. Bill Leyden (1926–2008)
• Linda Cropper as Mary Frank Sledge (1893–1989)
• Conor O'Farrell as Dr. Sledge (1887–1954)
• Dylan Young as PFC. Jay De L'Eau (1923–1997)
• Leon Ford as 1stLt. Edward 'Hillbilly' Jones (1917–1944)
• Scott Gibson as Capt. Andrew Haldane (1917–1944)
• Gary Sweet as MGySgt. Elmo "Gunny" Haney (1898–1979)
• Jon Seda as GySgt. John Basilone (1916–1945)
• Joshua Bitton as Sgt. J.P. Morgan (1919–1980)
• William Sadler as Lt. Col. Lewis "Chesty" Puller (1898–1971)
• Jon Bernthal as Sgt. Manuel 'Manny' Rodriguez (1922−1942)
• Annie Parisse as Sgt. Lena Basilone (1913–1999)
• Ian Meadows as Pvt. Cecil Evans (ep 2)
• Nate Corddry as PFC. 'Loudmouth' (−1944) (ep 4)
• Matt Craven as Capt. Grant (ep 4)
• Anna Torv as Virginia Grey (1917–2004) (ep 5)
• Betty Buckley as Marion Leckie (ep 10)
• Joshua Close as Major Edward Sledge (1920–1985) (ep 10)
• Brandon Keener as Charles Dunworthy (ep 10)
• Claire van der Boom as Stella Karamanlis
• Mark Casamento as George Basilone
• Lelia Goldoni as Dora Basilone
• Andrew Lees as Pfc. Robert Oswalt (1923–1944)
• Joseph R. Sicari as Salvatore Basilone
• Ashley Zukerman as 2ndLt. Robert 'Mac' MacKenzie (−2003)
• Isabel Lucas as Gwen
• Dwight Braswell as PFC. Clifford 'Steve' Evanson (1926–1945)
• Ben Esler as PFC. Charles 'Chuck' Tatum (1926–2014)
• Laurence Breuls as 1stLt. Larkin
• Rohan Nichol as 2ndLt. Lebec

File:USMC-100311-M-1318S-201.jpg and Steven Spielberg talk with veterans of the World War II Pacific theater March 11 after a ceremony honoring the men at the World War II Memorial. ]]

The Pacific was produced by Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, and Gary Goetzman in association with HBO Miniseries, Playtone, DreamWorks, Seven Network and Sky Movies.{{cite web |title=Channel Seven Lands Spielberg |url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,23663,21737407-10229,00.html |work=News.com.au |date=May 16, 2007 |access-date=May 16, 2007 |archive-date=August 5, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805064500/http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/television/channel-seven-lands-spielberg/story-e6frfmyi-1111113543564 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|last1=Reynolds|first1=Simon|title=Sky responds to 'Pacific' airing criticisms|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/media/news/a202115/sky-responds-to-pacific-airing-criticisms/|website=Digital Spy|date=February 8, 2010 |publisher=Hearst Magazines UK|access-date=January 10, 2016}} Seven and Sky both invested in the project for the right to broadcast it in Australia and the United Kingdom respectively.{{cite web |first=Daniel |last=Ziffer |title=Spielberg miniseries forms link with Seven |url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/entertainment/spielberg-miniseries-forms-link-with-seven/2007/05/15/1178995158707.html |work=The Age |location=Australia |date=May 16, 2007 |access-date=April 3, 2010 }} Nine Network has previously broadcast the HBO productions of Band of Brothers. Nine had a broadcast deal with HBO's parent Warner Bros., but then HBO started to distribute its productions separately.{{cite web |first=Michael |last=Bodey |title=Seven trumps Nine by landing war miniseries |url=http://www.news.com.au/business/story/0,23636,21738368-462,00.html |work=The Australian |publisher=News.com.au |date=May 16, 2007 |access-date=April 3, 2010 |archive-date=July 2, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070702190235/http://www.news.com.au/business/story/0,23636,21738368-462,00.html |url-status=dead }} In April 2007, the producers set up a production office in Melbourne and began casting.{{cite news |first=Rachel |last=Browne |title=Australia Poised to Score $150m Deal for Epic War Series |work=The Sun-Herald| date=April 8, 2007}}

Originally the project was estimated at $100 million to produce, but ended up costing over $200 million, making The Pacific the most expensive television miniseries ever created at the time.[http://www.askmen.com/entertainment/special_feature_400/474_the-pacific-5-things-you-didnt-know.html Askmen.com: The Pacific: 5 Things you Didn't Know][http://www.popeater.com/2010/08/27/the-pacific-budget/ Popeater.com (AOL News): How HBO Made the Most Expensive Mini-Series of All-Time][http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/246578/the-pacific-a-200-million-hbo-miniseries Manila Bulletin: 'The Pacific', a $200 million HBO mini-series] According to the Sydney Morning Herald an estimated A$134 million was spent in Australia.{{cite news |first1=Emily |last1=Dunn | first2=Garry |last2=Maddox | title=Stay in Touch: Thanks Hanks |url=https://www.smh.com.au/news/entertainment/stay-in-touch/watts-to-pose-nude-for-archie/2008/12/02/1227980016042.html |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=December 3, 2008 |access-date=April 3, 2010 }} The Australian newspaper Herald Sun estimates that it brought 4,000 jobs and generated A$180 million for the Australian economy.{{cite news|title=Movies on a Roll|work=Herald Sun |location=Australia|date=August 3, 2008}}File:At National Museum of Singapore 2023 081.jpg light tank in the National Museum of Singapore, one of four constructed for the miniseries.{{citation|title = Treasured pieces|url = http://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/arts/treasured-pieces|work =Straits Times|date = September 15, 2015|access-date = March 14, 2016}}]]Filming of the miniseries in Australia started on August 10, 2007,{{cite news |title=First Shots in War Epic |work=mX |date=August 10, 2007 }} and finished in late May 2008.{{cite news |title=University's Hall of Fame |work=Diamond Valley News |date=May 21, 2008 }} From August until November 2007{{cite news|last=Browne|first=Sophia|title=Crew Retreats from North|work=Cairns Post|date=November 9, 2007}} filming took place at locations in and around Port Douglas, Queensland including Mossman, Queensland;{{cite news |last=Irby|first=Ross |title=Battleline retreats for filming |work=Cairns Post |date=September 26, 2007}} Drumsara Plantation, Mowbray National Park and beaches at Rocky Point, Queensland. Production then moved to rural Victoria,{{cite news|url=http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=23&ContentID=32129 |title=Spielberg to Film in Queensland |work=The West Australian |date=June 22, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070830111738/http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=23 |archive-date=August 30, 2007 }}{{cite news |last=Kalina|first=Paul |url= http://www.theage.com.au/news/tv--radio/spielberg-war-epic-for-docklands/2007/04/26/1177459792743.html |title=Spielberg war Epic for Docklands |work=The Age |location=Australia |date=April 26, 2007 |access-date=April 3, 2010}} in the You Yangs near Lara (from November–December 2007),{{cite news |last=Devlyn |first=Darren |title=War Comes to You Yangs |work=Herald Sun |location=Australia |date=November 10, 2007}} then at a sand quarry on Sandy Creek Road near Geelong until February 2008.{{cite news |title=Film Cast Member Breaks Leg in Freak Incident |work=Geelong Advertiser |date=January 31, 2008}} Melbourne city locations were used in late 2007 and through 2008 including Central City Studios at Melbourne Docklands (March 2008);{{cite news |last=Idato |first=Michael |title=The View: Spielberg's Pacific |work=Sydney Morning Herald|date=May 21, 2007}}{{cite news |last=Breen |first=Daniel |title=Strike Forces Early End to Filming |work=Geelong Advertiser |date=January 24, 2008}} Flinders Street (between Swanston and Elizabeth streets, February 1–4, 2008);{{cite news |last=Cameron |first=Kellie |title=Spielberg Declares War |work=Sunday Mail |date=February 3, 2008}}{{cite news |last=Byrne |first=Fiona |title=CBD's Role in Major Movie |work=Herald Sun |location=Australia |date=November 4, 2007}} the intersection of Swanston and Flinders streets (February 2008);{{cite news |last=Lucas |first=Clay |title=Spielberg and Hanks to stop Melbourne traffic |work=The Age |location=Australia |date=September 15, 2007}} Flinders Street station (February 2–3, 2008).{{cite news |last=Burke |first=Kelly |title="Film capital" on tenterhooks as Melbourne steals show |work=The Age |location=Australia |date=February 9, 2008}} Other suburban locations included Mornington Railway, Bundoora,{{cite news |last=Cannata |first=Sarah |title=Baird Hitches up His Horses to Draw Movie Roles |work=Whittlesea Post |date=June 25, 2008}} specifically the Ernest Jones Hall at the La Trobe University campus, Bundoora (late May 2008);{{citation|title=University's Hall of Fame |work=Diamond Valley News |date=May 21, 2008}} the Railway Hotel, South Melbourne (December 2007);{{cite news |last=Smith, Bridie |title=School's Out and The Army's In, Albeit for a Very Pacific Reason |work=The Age |location=Australia |date=December 11, 2007}} Scotch College, Melbourne (December 2007); Melbourne High School (December 2007).{{cite news |last=Bruce-Rosser |first=Kate |title=Fight for a Skyline |work=Stonnington Leader |date=March 26, 2008}}

The trains in the series, including K class and S class locomotives, and Club Car Moorabool, were chartered from Steamrail and the Mornington Railway Preservation Society, and were filmed with on the Mornington Railway.

The series's score was written by Hans Zimmer, Geoff Zanelli and Blake Neely and was released on March 9, 2010.{{Cite web|title=The Pacific Soundtrack (2010)|url=https://www.soundtrack.net/album/the-pacific/|access-date=2021-05-31|website=www.soundtrack.net}}

Historian Hugh Ambrose, son of Band of Brothers author Stephen E. Ambrose, wrote the official tie-in book to the miniseries,{{cite web|last=Neilan | first=Catherine | url=http://www.thebookseller.com/news/106642-canongate-signs-the-pacific-tie-in.html |title=Canongate signs The Pacific tie-in| work=The Bookseller|date=December 14, 2009|access-date=April 3, 2010}} The Pacific: Hell was an Ocean Away (2011), which follows the stories of two of the featured men from the miniseries, Basilone and Sledge, as well as stories of Sledge's close friend Sidney Phillips and two men not featured in the series, marine officer Austin Shofner and US Navy pilot Vernon Micheel. The different cast provides a wider view of the Pacific theatre, allowing the book to include the fall of the Philippines, Midway, Philippine Sea and Luzon and expand the narrative to include depictions of life as experienced by prisoners of war, senior officers and the development of naval aviation. It was published in the UK and the US in March 2010 and Ambrose gave a webcast interview about the book at the Pritzker Military Library on April 15, 2010.{{cite book |last1=Ambrose |first1=Hugh |title=The Pacific |date=March 2010 |publisher=New American Library |location=New York |isbn=978-0-451-23023-2}}{{cite web |url=http://www.pritzkermilitarylibrary.org/Home/hugh-ambrose.aspx |title=Webcast Interview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121126082539/http://www.pritzkermilitarylibrary.org/Home/Hugh-Ambrose.aspx |archive-date=November 26, 2012 |first=Hugh |last=Ambrose |author-link=Hugh Ambrose |work=Pritzker Military Library |date=April 15, 2010 |access-date=June 25, 2018}}

The series premiered in the US and Canada on March 14, 2010, on HBO.{{cite news |first=Helen |last=O'Hara |title=Exclusive: Tom Hanks on Toy Story 3 | url=https://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=24621 |work=Empire online|date=April 23, 2009 |access-date=April 3, 2010 }} HBO Asia premiered The Pacific at 9 pm on April 3, 2010, with the first two episodes being consecutively broadcast in the first week. Singapore, Hong Kong, and Indonesia had dual languages available. Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia, and the Philippines broadcasts were available in high-definition on the HBO Asia HD Channel.{{cite web |title=The Pacific official site |publisher=HBO Asia |url=http://www.hboasia.com/pacific/}} The Pacific began broadcast on April 5, 2010, on Sky Movies in the United Kingdom and Ireland.{{cite web |work=Press Release |url=http://corporate.sky.com/media/press_releases/2009/the_pacific.htm |title='The Pacific' from the Makers of Band of Brothers |publisher=BSkyB |date=April 21, 2009 }}
{{cite web |work=MOVIES |url=http://movies.sky.com/band-of-brothers-ii-comes-to-sky-movies |title=Spielberg & Hanks' The Pacific Comes To Sky Movies |publisher=BSkyB |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090525144224/http://movies.sky.com/band-of-brothers-ii-comes-to-sky-movies |archive-date=May 25, 2009}} In Portugal, the series was broadcast on April 5, 2010, on AXN and in HD on AXN HD two days after the original broadcast in the US. The series broadcast commenced in Australia on Channel 7 on Wednesday, April 14, 2010, at 8:30 pm.Devlyn, Darren (April 6, 2010). [http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/television/channel-7-drama-the-pacific-creates-4000-aussie-jobs/story-e6frfmyi-1225850285650 Channel 7 drama, The Pacific, creates 4000 Aussie jobs]. Herald Sun, April 6, 2010. In Denmark, Norway, Finland, France, and Sweden, the series began broadcasting on Canal+; in Turkey, CNBC-e on April 18, 2010; in the Netherlands, on April 7, 2010, on Veronica; and in Greece, on Nova Cinema on April 10, 2010. In New Zealand, the series began broadcasting on April 12, 2010, on TV One. In Italy, the miniseries began broadcast on May 9, 2010, on Sky Cinema 1; in Germany, on July 15, 2010, on Kabel eins. In Japan, the miniseries started July 18, 2010, on WOWOW.{{cite web |title=The Pacific official site |publisher=WOWOW |url=http://www.wowow.co.jp/drama/pacific/}} In South Africa, the miniseries started broadcasting on May 5, 2010, on the Mnet channel. In the US, the rights to the series were picked up by Ovation and it started airing sometime in 2019.

The first official US trailer for The Pacific aired on HBO before the season 2 premiere of True Blood on June 14, 2009. It showed footage of the three main characters, including a conversation between Leckie and Sledge, Basilone's marriage, and numerous combat scenes. The trailer concluded with "2010" displayed on-screen, alluding to and confirming the series release date. A second trailer was released on the HBO website after which the date "March 2010" is displayed, giving a more specific series release date. On January 14, 2010, Comcast added on-demand content from the series, including a scene from The Pacific, interviews with the producers, and character profiles.{{cite web |url=http://www.hd-report.com/2010/01/14/comcast-adds-exclusive-hd-content-from-the-pacific/ |title=Comcast adds exclusive HD content from 'The Pacific' | publisher=HD Report |date=January 14, 2010 |access-date=January 14, 2010}} Another trailer was shown in February 2010 during Super Bowl XLIV, depicting several combat scenes. An extended trailer (3:47) of the miniseries can be viewed on the series' official website.

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|EpisodeNumber = 1

|Title = Part One

|AltTitle = Guadalcanal (Leckie)

|DirectedBy = Tim Van Patten

|WrittenBy = Bruce C. McKenna

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|03|14}}

|Viewers = 3.08{{Cite web|access-date=March 29, 2010 |url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/03/16/kamikaze-hbos-big-budget-the-pacific-premiere-ratings-disappoint/45169 |title=Kamikaze! HBO's Big Budget The Pacific Premiere Ratings Disappoint |work=TV by the Numbers |date=March 16, 2010 |last=Seidman |first=Robert |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100323061310/http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/03/16/kamikaze-hbos-big-budget-the-pacific-premiere-ratings-disappoint/45169 |archive-date=March 23, 2010 }}

|ShortSummary = In the weeks following the attack on Pearl Harbor, Robert Leckie attends church and runs into his longtime neighbor Vera Keller. Leckie, having enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, promises to write to her while overseas. Meanwhile, John Basilone and his fellow noncommissioned officers, Manny Rodriguez and J.P. Morgan, learn from Chesty Puller that the Marine Corps will be entering the Pacific Theater. They attend a Christmas dinner with the Basilone family. In Mobile, Alabama, childhood friends Eugene Sledge and Sidney Phillips say their goodbyes as Phillips prepares to depart for boot camp. In August 1942, the Guadalcanal Campaign begins. Leckie and the 1st Marines witness the Battle of Savo Island and later participate in the Battle of the Tenaru.

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|EpisodeNumber = 2

|Title = Part Two

|AltTitle = Guadalcanal (Basilone)

|DirectedBy = David Nutter

|WrittenBy = Bruce C. McKenna

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|03|21}}

|Viewers = 2.79{{Cite web|access-date=March 29, 2010 |url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/03/23/nielsen-ratings-for-hbos-the-pacific-down-but-not-much-for-second-episode/45897 |title=Nielsen Ratings for HBO's "The Pacific" Down, But Not Much For Second Episode |work=TV by the Numbers |date=March 23, 2010 |last=Seidman |first=Robert |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100329070856/http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/03/23/nielsen-ratings-for-hbos-the-pacific-down-but-not-much-for-second-episode/45897 |archive-date=March 29, 2010 }}

|ShortSummary = Basilone and the 7th Marines land on Guadalcanal to bolster the defenses around Henderson Field. Basilone, attempting to relocate his machine gun to a better position, bare-handedly cradles the hot barrel and severely burns his arms. Despite this, he continues fighting and kills scores of Japanese troops. The following morning, Basilone discovers that Rodriguez has been killed in action.

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|EpisodeNumber = 3

|Title = Part Three

|AltTitle = Melbourne

|DirectedBy = Jeremy Podeswa

|WrittenBy = George Pelecanos and Michelle Ashford

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|03|28}}

|Viewers = 2.77{{Cite web|access-date=April 2, 2010 |url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/03/31/ratings-for-hbos-the-pacific-steady/46877 |title=Ratings for HBO's "The Pacific" Steady |work=TV by the Numbers |date=March 31, 2010 |last=Seidman |first=Robert |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100403230323/http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/03/31/ratings-for-hbos-the-pacific-steady/46877 |archive-date=April 3, 2010 }}

|ShortSummary = The 1st Marine Division on Guadalcanal is relieved and arrives in Melbourne, Australia. Battle weary, many Marines go AWOL, engaging in drunken hijinks. Leckie falls in love with Stella Karamanlis, an Australian girl of Greek descent, who invites him to stay at her parents' home. Not wanting to go through the pain of losing him, Stella breaks up with Leckie and tells him not to return. As a result, Leckie becomes belligerently drunk; when his friend Lew Juergens asks Leckie to relieve him on guard duty so he can urinate, an officer catches him, culminating in Leckie pulling a sidearm and both he and Juergens are punished and demoted. Basilone receives the Medal of Honor for his actions on Guadalcanal and is sent home to sell war bonds.

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|EpisodeNumber = 4

|Title = Part Four

|AltTitle = Cape Gloucester, Pavuvu, Banika

|DirectedBy = Graham Yost

|WrittenBy = Robert Schenkkan and Graham Yost

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|04|04}}

|Viewers = 2.52{{Cite web |access-date=April 6, 2010 |url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/04/06/ratings-for-hbos-the-pacific-down-on-easter-sunday/47557 |title=Ratings for HBO's "The Pacific" Down on Easter Sunday |work=TV by the Numbers |date=April 6, 2010 |last=Seidman |first=Robert |archive-date=October 20, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020222607/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/04/06/ratings-for-hbos-the-pacific-down-on-easter-sunday/47557/ |url-status=dead }}

|ShortSummary = Previously limited by a heart murmur, Eugene Sledge enlists in the Marines and trains for combat, while Leckie and the 1st Marine Division are put into action at Cape Gloucester. The relentless rain and jungle environment takes its toll on the Marines. The Marines arrive on Pavuvu, which serves as a temporary base for the 1st Marine Division. Leckie is treated for nocturnal enuresis caused by combat stress and is sent to Banika to be hospitalized for a number of weeks before returning to Pavuvu.

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|EpisodeNumber = 5

|Title = Part Five

|AltTitle = Peleliu Landing

|DirectedBy = Carl Franklin

|WrittenBy = Laurence Andries and Bruce C. McKenna

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|04|11}}

|Viewers = 2.71{{cite web|url=http://pifeedback.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/39210607/m/949103582 |title=The Pacific Ratings |last=Berman |first=Marc |work=Mediaweek |date=April 14, 2010 |access-date=July 2, 2015 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100418025257/http://pifeedback.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/39210607/m/949103582 |archive-date=April 18, 2010 }}

|ShortSummary = Sledge is briefly reunited with Phillips on Pavuvu before Phillips departs to return home to Mobile. Sledge meets Merriell "Snafu" Shelton, R.V. Burgin, and Bill Leyden. The 1st Marine Division lands at Peleliu.

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|EpisodeNumber = 6

|Title = Part Six

|AltTitle = Peleliu Airfield

|DirectedBy = Tony To

|WrittenBy = Bruce C. McKenna and Laurence Andries and Robert Schenkkan

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|04|18}}

|Viewers = 2.38{{Cite web|url=https://www.ratingsryan.com/2021/12/broadcast-cable-nielsens-20100418.html|title=Broadcast & Cable Nielsens: Week Ending April 18, 2010|work=Ratings Ryan|date=December 28, 2021|access-date=December 3, 2023}}

|ShortSummary = Sustaining heavy losses and fighting in exceedingly hot conditions with little drinkable water, the Marines move to capture Peleliu's vital airfield. Leckie is wounded by a blast concussion while trying to relay a message to the corpsman. With a face full of shrapnel and limited mobility, he is evacuated and sent to recuperate on a hospital ship.

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|EpisodeNumber = 7

|Title = Part Seven

|AltTitle = Peleliu Hills

|DirectedBy = Tim Van Patten

|WrittenBy = Bruce C. McKenna

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|04|25}}

|Viewers = 2.55{{Cite web|url=https://www.ratingsryan.com/2022/01/broadcast-cable-nielsens-20100425.html|title=Broadcast & Cable Nielsens: Week Ending April 25, 2010|work=Ratings Ryan|date=January 2, 2022|access-date=December 3, 2023}}

|ShortSummary = Sledge and the 5th Marines move into Peleliu's Bloody Nose Ridge to face the Japanese. In the ensuing battle, Captain Andrew "Ack-Ack" Haldane is shot and killed by a Japanese sniper while assessing the area of Hill 140.

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|EpisodeNumber = 8

|Title = Part Eight

|AltTitle = Iwo Jima

|DirectedBy = David Nutter
Jeremy Podeswa

|WrittenBy = Robert Schenkkan and Michelle Ashford

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|05|02}}

|Viewers = 2.34{{Cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/05/04/oy-treme-the-pacific-army-wives-other-sunday-cable/50559/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018125445/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/05/04/oy-treme-the-pacific-army-wives-other-sunday-cable/50559/|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 18, 2012|title=Oy "Treme," "The Pacific" + "Army Wives" & Other Sunday Cable|work=TV by the Numbers|last=Seidman|first=Robert|date=May 4, 2010|access-date=July 2, 2015}}

|ShortSummary = Tired of selling war bonds, Basilone is transferred to the 5th Marine Division where he trains Marines for combat as a gunnery sergeant. He meets and marries Lena Riggi. Basilone lands at Iwo Jima, but is killed in action on the first day.

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|EpisodeNumber = 9

|Title = Part Nine

|AltTitle = Okinawa

|DirectedBy = Tim Van Patten

|WrittenBy = Bruce C. McKenna

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|05|09}}

|Viewers = 1.81{{Cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/05/11/sunday-cable-nba-army-wives-tops-with-18-49-the-pacific-dives-below-2-million/51106/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110620003020/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/05/11/sunday-cable-nba-army-wives-tops-with-18-49-the-pacific-dives-below-2-million/51106/|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 20, 2011|title=Sunday Cable: NBA, "Army Wives" Tops With 18–49; "The Pacific" Dives Below 2 Million|work=TV by the Numbers|last=Seidman|first=Robert|date=May 11, 2010|access-date=July 2, 2015}}

|ShortSummary = Sledge and the 1st Marine Division land at Okinawa. Cynical and exhausted, Sledge and Shelton show no compassion for the Japanese troops and struggle to lead new replacement Marines fresh out of boot camp. The Marines are horrified to discover Okinawan civilians, including women and children, are being forced to act as human shields. Sledge is nearly court martialed after assaulting a Japanese POW. As the battle concludes, the Marines hear of a "new bomb" that "vaporized an entire [Japanese] city in the blink of an eye".

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|EpisodeNumber = 10

|Title = Part Ten

|AltTitle = Home

|DirectedBy = Jeremy Podeswa

|WrittenBy = Bruce C. McKenna and Robert Schenkkan

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|05|16}}

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|ShortSummary = Following the Japanese surrender, the Marines return home. Leckie takes a job with a newspaper; he starts a relationship with Vera, revealing that he never sent the letters he wrote because he believed he was not going to survive the war. Sledge, Shelton, and Burgin arrive home in the spring of 1946. Sledge is still haunted by the horrors of war, he struggles to adjust despite reassurance from his father and Phillips. Basilone's widow, Lena, visits his parents and gives them his Medal of Honor.

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|ShortSummary = This episode is a companion piece to the series. It uses historical footage, footage from the series, and interviews with participants, scholars, and members of the series cast and crew to try to explain the societal, cultural, and religious reasons that contributed to the ferocity and brutality of the Japanese military during World War II.{{cite web |title=The Pacific: Anatomy of a War |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt23857956/ |website=IMDb}}

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The Pacific received widespread critical acclaim. On the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the series holds an approval rating of 89% with an average rating of 8.5 out of 10, based on 46 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads, "An honest, albeit horrifying, exploration of World War II, The Pacific is a visually stunning miniseries not for the faint of heart."{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_pacific/s01|title=The Pacific: Miniseries|website=Rotten Tomatoes|publisher=Fandango|access-date=February 9, 2019}} On Metacritic, the series has a weighted average score of 86 out of 100, based on 32 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".{{cite web |access-date=February 9, 2019|url=https://www.metacritic.com/tv/the-pacific|title=The Pacific reviews |website=Metacritic }}

Time magazine's James Poniewozik named it one of the Top 10 TV Series of 2010.{{cite magazine|last=Poniewozik|first=James|title=The Top 10 Everything of 2010 – The Pacific|url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2035319_2034052_2034024,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101213000018/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2035319_2034052_2034024,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 13, 2010|magazine=Time|access-date=December 14, 2011|date=December 9, 2010}} IGN reviewer Ramsey Isler gave the entire miniseries an 8.5 out of 10, saying, "Although I don't think The Pacific overtakes Band of Brothers in terms of technical execution and overall entertainment value, many of the comparisons will be moot as The Pacific is a different kind of series with different goals. This series sought to look beyond the combat and it paints a full, vivid picture of the war and the people that fought in it through focused, individual stories. That's a tall order for any series to fulfill, and although The Pacific doesn't always come through with shining colors, it does make an admirable effort."{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2010/05/19/the-pacific-series-review|title=The Pacific: Series Review|work=IGN|author=Ramsey Isler|date=May 19, 2010|access-date=April 26, 2015}} IGN also reviewed each episode, with Episode 9 receiving a perfect 10 out of 10 score.{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/tv/the-pacific|title=The Pacific Review|work=IGN}}

In 2011, HBO aired a documentary entitled He Has Seen War with Tom Hanks as executive producer and Mark Herzog as a director about the postwar stories of and lasting effects of the war, including post-traumatic stress disorder, on not only 1st Marine Division members but also the members of E ("Easy") Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, who were the subjects of Band of Brothers after fighting in Operation Overlord in Normandy (including Brécourt Manor on D-Day and Carentan), in Operation Market Garden and Operation Pegasus in the Netherlands and in the Siege of Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge.

Eugene Sledge's and Robert Leckie's families both appear, as does the family of Easy Company 1st Lieutenant Lynn "Buck" Compton. Staff Sergeant William "Wild Bill" Guarnere and Technical Sergeant Donald Malarkey, both of Easy Company, also appear alongside their families.{{cite web |last1=Herzog |first1=Mark |title=He Has Seen War |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2152741/?ref_=ttpl_ov |website=IMDb |publisher=Herzog & Company |access-date=29 August 2023 |date=11 November 2011}}{{cite web |author=National WWII Museum |title=He Has Seen War (Airing and Discussion) |url=https://vimeo.com/512968625 |website=Vimeo |access-date=29 August 2023 |date=16 February 2021}}{{cite web |title=He Has Seen War |url=https://www.herzogcompany.com/case-studies/he-has-seen-war/ |website=Herzog & Co. |access-date=29 August 2023}}

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Further reading

• Masters of the Air
• Military History Magazine, Vol. 26, No. October 4/November 2009
• {{cite magazine |last=Franklin |first=Nancy |date=March 15, 2010 |title=The Critics: Hell on Earth |magazine=The New Yorker |volume=86 |issue=4 |pages=68–70|url=https://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/television/2010/03/15/100315crte_television_franklin |access-date=January 16, 2011}}

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